it has its purpos for large large families and people coming in from the country to do this big shops and such but i duno i just find walking into costco to be so blah i'd rather go to my local community grocery store and get my supplies i can't wait for nichee commons to open!!! nothing beats walking vs having to drive out to suburban hell

it has its purpos for large large families and people coming in from the country to do this big shops and such but i duno i just find walking into costco to be so blah i'd rather go to my local community grocery store and get my supplies i can't wait for nichee commons to open!!! nothing beats walking vs having to drive out to suburban hell

its a waste for single or even a couple

but so cheap for families - I went the other day with my friend and there was really cheap deals but i would end up having to throw a lot of it out cause there is no way i could consume a dozen tomatoes in a couple days for example... and than you buy pork chops for 10 people and you have to go home and wrap em all up to freeze em blah

We go to Costco once or twice a month. Toilet paper, coffee, meat, bread and other things. Cheaper for us there with 5 to feed. Get gas while we're there. Exchange a propane tank once in a while. All cheaper.

"But a city can be smothered by too much reverence for its past. The skyline must keep acquiring new peaks, because the day we consider it complete and untouchable is the day the city begins to die." - Justin Davidson - May 2010 Issue of New York

Now we have to decide: Do I pack up our family SUV with merchandise from Calgary (no GST!), or from Winnipeg (closer!)??!! I guess it could depend also on what businesses are built around the anchor! Calgary's Ikea has a nice, almost one-stop (at least for an out-of-area visitor, like me!) business/restaurant neighbourhood built around it -- although, when we visit another city, we'll tend to explore places all over (Spend! Spend! Spend! )! Win us over, Winnipeg!

When it was announced, the Winnipeg IKEA would be the largest in Canada, since then the new IKEA store in Ottawa would be the largest in Canada. Currenly the Ottawa location is one of the smallest in the world.

When it was announced, the Winnipeg IKEA would be the largest in Canada, since then the new IKEA store in Ottawa would be the largest in Canada. Currenly the Ottawa location is one of the smallest in the world.

Scruff, How does Calgary avoid paying GST?. I assume you mean PST

Oops! Thanks! You're correct! 'My bad! Is Ottawa's larger still, after they biggie-sized Winnipeg's from 350k to 395k S.F. (from the above-mentioned WFP article)? I didn't get to review any specs for Ottawa's IKEA yet!

the current ottawa ikea is a dump, you feel like a mouse in a maze racing against thousands of other rodents lol the new one is mind boggling though, it is huge, if winnipegs is somewhat similar in size it will also be quite a hefty store

Umm ... Did a quick Google search, and found that Ottawa's IKEA will expand to 37k square metres (398.3k sf), ever slightly larger than Winnipeg's 395k sf -- essentially the same size! Meanwhile, Richmond's IKEA (Vancouver) will expand to 32k s.m., which was Winnipeg's original size!